My stamping and scrapbooking adventures.

June 30, 2008

Okay, those of you that were a hostess this past year were able to attend my fun hostess appreciation event. I know the catalog hasn't ended but I decided to go ahead and do my usually event for the past 12 months. This is always so much fun. We play a few games, have great refreshments and of course lots of door prizes. I always try and have a fun project for everyone to do, but it is usually cards. This year I came across this great project idea and I knew the Fresh Cuts stamp set would be perfect. It is a fairly simple project, but I think it is pretty impressive. Thanks again to all my wonderful hostesses. I hope you enjoyed your special night.

June 28, 2008

Okay, sorry for the few days off. This has been a crazy week. I had a class on Wednesday, a hostess appreciation event on Thursday, a vendor fair on Friday and a meeting today. I can't wait to share the project that we made at my hostess appreciation event, but I don't want to share that project until I hold the last event on Monday. But I'm pretty sure everyone that came on Thursday enjoyed the project and had fun at the event. This is a time that I get to show my hostesses how special they are to me and hopefully they feel how much I care for each and everyone of them. Anyways, I will share that fun project later in the week.

On to this project. This is one of the cards that my club members made this month. This is a fun technique using Heat & Stick powder. I don't know if it shows up well in the picture, but we covered the image on the whisper white cardstock with Versamark ink. Then the image was covered with Heat & Stick powder. The image is then heated using the heating tool. That makes the image become like an adhesive, so then you can put glitter on top and heat the image again. It gives the whole piece a nice glimmer. The fun thing about using the Heat & Stick powder is that you can do this on chipboard and use the cosmo fine glitter. This is really pretty.

June 25, 2008

This is the post-it note matchbook cover that everyone made at club last week. Michaels had a ton of their dollar stuff on clearance so I really stocked up. Anyways, when I saw these cute little post-it notes I knew we would be using them soon for a club project.

For the front image we used are markers to color in the flower. Then we stamped the words and the butterfly. To finish off the front we used a sponge dauber to add a touch of yellow. This was a fairly easy project and everyone seemed to like it.

Supplies Used:

Stamp Set: Live Your Dream ( mini catalog only available until June 30th)

June 24, 2008

I made some very simple cards to go inside the purse. I used Almost Amethyst ink so it is very subtle in the picture and I hope you can see it. Anyways, I think this is such a cute little gift to give someone. In fact, I will be doing a drawing to give away one to everyone that books a party in July or signs up for the next round of clubs.

Stop by my booth at the Summer Boutique Shopping Event on Friday between 6:00 and 9:00 pm. at the Ramada Inn in South Beloit. It is on the corner of 251 and Hwy 75 and you can put your name in the drawing. In addition to the drawing, I'll have a little gift for the first 50 guests. Plus I'll have a lot of fun projects on display. If you are in the Roscoe/Rockton area I hope that you will stop by. I'll also have a fabulous door prize so stop by and say Hi.

June 23, 2008

Isn't this purse cardholder cute. I just love how it looks like a purse and then you can fill it with matching cards. I actually got to play with my stamps over the weekend and you won't believe how good it felt. Seriously, it has been so long with our move and being sick in March and April. Anyways, that means I have lots of things to share. Come back tomorrow to see the matching cards to this cute cardholder.

Stamp Set: One of a Kind - I just stamped the flower for the handle part

June 20, 2008

I just received this great card from Tami Waddell who is my 3rd level upline. I just love it and I think it is an easy card with that WOW look. Anyways, I figured you would enjoy this card as much as I did.

June 17, 2008

Woo Hoo!!! I'm so exicted to hear this great news. Stampin' Up! has just announced a new product line, called Decor Elements. This is a self-adhesive vinyl wall decor line with over 100 images, momograms, sentiments, in chocolate and white and a fselection in kraft. Some of the images will coordiante with our stamp sets. This will be available for purchase starting July 1. I will be able to view the brochure on-line tomorrow and start ordering some to play with.

These new products are made by SU in house - so this is just phase 1. This will be an expanding product line. This is a great addition that will appeal to a large audience. If you want more information about becoming a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator contact me. This is a great opportunity to be with a fabulous company that offers a wide variety of products to meet the needs of varying groups. Also, I will be able to host a party around the product line if that is the interest of you and your friends. I'll keep you posted once I see the brochure tomorrow.

June 16, 2008

The Stampin' Up! retired list is here. Now through August 10th you can order any of the stamps sets on this list, but after the 10th they will be gone forever. So check out the list and make sure you get any sets you want before they are gone. I've attached a link to the retired list below. Unfortunately, I can't get it to change names and instead of wasting time posting I'm just going to do it this way. The first link is alphabetically and the second link is by page number. Please let me know if you would like me to e-mail you the list separtely. Have fun checking out the sets. Now I have to see which ones are on the list that I'm going to miss. There is always a set that I absolutely love showing that makes this list I'll have to go see which set it is this year.

Okay, we are getting close to settling into our house. I've kind of been getting by with the bare minimum for quite a while and I'm really hoping to get back to a normal routine soon. Once I finish unpacking my craft things and get everything settled in I plan to stamp and enjoy myself for a few days. I'm hoping to get to make some of the cool project ideas I've come across but haven't had time for. I definitely plan to get another tuturial posted this month. Also, I',m planning a fabulous hostess appreciation event this month and you should be receiving your invitation soon if you were a hostess between July '07 and June '08. You won't want to miss this event for the project alone. Make sure you get your party booked in July or sign up for a club so you don't miss out on the next one.

June 13, 2008

I designed this card for a stamp a stack and I just love the bold bright colors on the card. This set is so cute and I love using these colors and matching it up with the striped ribbon.

I had my Mom & Me class today and we made lots of fun projects. I always love to see what the kids like so I always ask what their favorite project was. It is always fun to see that they have different tastes and one likes one and another likes something else. This time some of them had a really hard time deciding what their favorite project was. I guess that means the projects were all good. I'll take picture over the weekend and share them soon.